Essay - A. Huxley & G. Orwell Two Novels, Two Bizarre Worlds:...

A. Huxley & G. Orwell

***** Novels, Two Bizarre Worlds: A Paper comparing the novels Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four

Introduction

The classical novels ***** New ***** by Aldous Huxley and ***** Eighty-Four by George Orwell are often compared because of *****ir similar dystopian character. Both novels present perverted worlds set in the future that is chaotic in ***** sense that people do not enjoy their free*****m and individuality. Brave New World introduces a 'frightening vision ***** the future' and posits a society-norm-controlled world where people are conditioned since birth to hold the values that the World State idealizes thus, loss their individual identities and submit to the st*****ards ***** by society in fear of becoming outcasts. According to Bessa (2007), Huxley suggests that people in the World State destroys each other. Nineteen Eighty-Four on the other hand, zeroes in ***** a repressive totalitarian era and discusses a society that is government-controlled, ruled ***** party headed by Big Br*****. The government's invasive character is captured in the caption of ***** party's poster BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. Indeed, the two worlds described in ***** abovementioned ***** depict oppression ***** states that seek to cling ***** power so they can incessantly manipulate their *****. Although fictional in nature, the novels have introduced issues ***** leave more questions than answers, which the present world could think about and address. Perhaps, the first step is to answer this single question: Are the notions in Huxley's and Orwell's works manifest ***** our world today?

***** two novels ***** satirical in nature criticizing issues in ***** contemporary society. LeBouef (2007) regards satire as a very powerful artistic form to critique specific human behavior. In his paper he wrote, "while they do provide some degree of social ***** and are somewhat humorous, ***** are intended to provoke any sort of real ***** change, ***** they are too overt to qualify as satire in the modern sense" (p.2).

While the two novels raise similar ide*****, like ***** abolition of the concept of family and absence ***** *****dividual freedom, *****y have also different views on issues (e.g. sex), ***** will be discussed in the follow*****g section of ***** paper. Socio-cultural implications of the ideas presented in the ***** will be tackled as well in this *****.

Issues raised and challenged

***** control ***** passivity

***** novels highlight ***** control of power in the societies described and how it is achieved. ***** Brave New World, ***** ***** is in the grip of ***** World *****, which does not point ***** a governing individual or group but to a system or the ***** itself. The application of technology in human reproduction and sleep learning strat*****y were combined to ***** the society in a way that is harmonious to the idealism ***** ***** state. Children are decanted and developed in hatcheries and are thought of values ***** the ***** wants them to believe in. *****y are conditioned to behave as one ***** a particular c*****te and not to want f*****